Best. Mechanics. Ever. | Magic: The Gathering's Forgotten And Overlooked Keywords

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@TolarianCommunityCollege Жыл бұрын

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@stuartmiller4363 Жыл бұрын

Boomber!

@tiobridge841 Жыл бұрын

I'm kinda surprised that Emerge wasn't used for the sleeper agents from DMU, that would have been a lot of fun

@thirdcoast6513 Жыл бұрын

Ok boomber.

@slaytronic Жыл бұрын

slivers

@ghostguin1398 Жыл бұрын

Emerge seems decent for the tyranids if they do another precon

@benjaminlehman3221 Жыл бұрын

I am very impressed with ward. great way of replacing hexproof and still helping interaction and gameplay.

@derse1292 Жыл бұрын

Ward is one of those that just feels right. Simple and does exactly what you'd think it would.

@sorry987654321 Жыл бұрын

i disagree. you never overlooked ward and had your spell getting countered?

@gfrancagm4017 Жыл бұрын

@@sorry987654321 skill issue unfortunately.

@cjweezil5206 Жыл бұрын

@@sorry987654321Does getting blown out because you forgot about deathtouch make that a bad mechanic? RTFC

@fatefulwaffle Жыл бұрын

Ward is one of those keywords where I love and hate it. It's not as backbreaking as hexproof, but man there are times where I'd rather deal with hexproof. I do love that ward is harder to remove, but has so many applicable costs. Discard a card and sac a permanent are among my favorite costs

@BigDumbMeRC 11 ай бұрын

Man when I first saw the enrage mechanic in ixalan I couldn't believe how cool it was. Made the dinosaurs very fun and interactive

@impp18 Жыл бұрын

Bloodthirst felt like a mechanic that could have been explored more, rather than just adding 1/1 counters

@enricomassignani Жыл бұрын

Spectacle?

@macaliser9001 11 ай бұрын

I really miss Explore, I feel like it encapsulates Zendikar really well and deserves a revisit

@ben_clifford 11 ай бұрын

Explore was from Ixalan block, but I can see how it would fit well in Zendikar

@Lemon_Sage9999 7 ай бұрын

Fun fact, new ixilan includes it

@654jimbob654 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see the raid mechanic getting some love! Curving a turn 4 Siege Rhino into a turn 5 Wingmate Roc with raid was such a backbreaking play in standard and helped to give Abzan some protection against those pesky Mantis Riders.

@AbenZin1 Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it being mentioined without being followed by "Shadow Legends"

@DifunctedReble Жыл бұрын

@@AbenZin1 Unless it is Pint doing the Raid spots. Overall though, yes.

@guyinthecorner0 Жыл бұрын

@@DifunctedRebleI really couldn't care less who does it, they're unbearable

@CatSculptor Жыл бұрын

I LOVE Raid, one of my all-time favorite Commander decks is Alesha, who makes great use of cycling creatures with Raid in and out of the graveyard

@huntercarvey670 Жыл бұрын

😊😊

@TheBaronDen Жыл бұрын

I have to speak up for Enrage. It does such a great job on changing the utility of burns and pings, while also complicating combat math. It's simple and evocative and effective. Plus dinosaurs. Rar!

@GothamKnight-hsw4vx526430 Жыл бұрын

Yeah Enrage rules

@asimplememer4623 Жыл бұрын

Ixalan mechanics rule!

@Alecations Жыл бұрын

It makes sorrow’s path playable. Any mechanic that can do that is a slamdunk in my book

@abouc Жыл бұрын

Enrage is so much fun! "In your end step, I'll cast Shock, targeting my Polyraptor to make another Polyraptor. This will trigger Forerunner of the Empire and I'll choose to deal 1 damage to each creature, creating 2 more Polyraptors. Each of those will trigger Forerunner of the Empire, but I'll choose to have this effect happen only once, making 4 more Polyraptors." 7 new Polyraptors online and ready to swing for one just red mana. Yeah baby!

@kevinwestermann1001 Жыл бұрын

Enrage is not a keyword ability, though.

@gleeman959 Жыл бұрын

I have an entire commander deck based around Suspend. I love the mechanic and the interactions that can be applied with it. I would love to see more cards with it.

@Theaaaaaa. 11 ай бұрын

boy are you gonna be excited for the WHO set

@456Tal 11 ай бұрын

jhoira of the ghitu is my favorite card of all time

@mrosskne 11 ай бұрын

what is the point of suspend?

@gleeman959 11 ай бұрын

@@mrosskne a much lower cost to cast a spell, but there's a delayed effect.

@michael83479 11 ай бұрын

@@456TalI built it at first as a joke "6 mana do nothing tribal" deck then actually really started to like the deck

@dragonfire72 Жыл бұрын

Hey Prof, Emerge always felt more like a rework of the Offering mechanic from Original Kamigawa block.

@TheeGoodSir 11 ай бұрын

and i for one really like the offering mechanic

@martl8615 11 ай бұрын

Eh, they need so many strong abilities to offset card disadvantage

@Nanook128 9 ай бұрын

@@martl8615You're trading card advantage for mana, pretty similar to the value proposition of a ritual card. Offering also let you cast the creatures that have it with flash when you sacrifice a creature.

@martinahl844 8 ай бұрын

Just what I thought

@ectopicEye Жыл бұрын

madness is my absolute favourite. the mechanic, the thematic implications, the cards its printed on, the enablers. really enjoy this one furyblade vampire ❤ edit: emerge is also awesome. had a pretty nice mono green emerge deck

@TolarianCommunityCollege Жыл бұрын

I love madness!

@Lycandros Жыл бұрын

I also loved emerge.

@Aigis31 Жыл бұрын

If you love madness, Pauper has a super fun madness deck!

@hallaloth3112 Жыл бұрын

Madness is such a fun themed keyboard. I was always a little miffed I never pulled the cards for it, perhaps that's because Shadows over Innistrad was the first box I ever bought.

@fredrikhenriksson1508 11 ай бұрын

Madness vampires are my favourite standard deck! I still keep my copy around and will probably never break it apart

@RafikiafReKo Жыл бұрын

Prowess for me, loved it since it was announced as Jeskais key mechanic and was happy when I heard it became an evergreen

@TheKeepon Жыл бұрын

The fact that all the red prowess creatures have at least 2 toughness - Swiftspear is so good!

@PsychoDiesel48 Жыл бұрын

As an aggro player, I agree 100%

@coryheistad4935 Жыл бұрын

Swiftspear is my favorite

@davidhower7095 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact! There's only like, 5 white cards with Prowess. Elsha of the Infinite being the sixth and multicolored.

@coryheistad4935 Жыл бұрын

@@davidhower7095 also can't forget the new narset she gives your whole team prowess which I might run in my jeskai token deck

@tylerowens 11 ай бұрын

I think shadow is the best iteration of flying/horsemanship. It's like the flying creatures that say they can only block other creatures with flying without reach muddling the mixture. Committing shadow creatures to the board is sacrificing your non shadow board presence. It's a real risk reward type situation and I love it.

@Crunchatize_Me_Senpai Жыл бұрын

Bloodrush, a Gruul mechanic from one of the older Ravnica sets, might be my absolute #1. For a mana cost, you could discard a creature with bloodrush to lend its stats and abilities to an attacking creature until end of turn. The cost to do this was usually lower than what the creature itself would cost to cast. Ravnica sets have had several cool mechanics. That could be its own video. I always liked Simic’s Evolve, Orzhov’s Extort, Azorius’s Foretell, Dimir’s Cipher and Transmute, Rakdos’s Hellbent and Unleash, Boros’s Battalion, and Izzet’s Overload. I think Selesnya also introduced Convoke, which I love.

@peeporiot9948 Жыл бұрын

I've really liked how they've reintroduced amass recently. In war of the spark it felt clunky and awkward, there was really no payoff. In Lord of the rings not only did it feel more thematic but it felt more like a tempo play. I also like it on the new sliver in the commander precon because, again, it feels like a flavor win.

@jeffchaffee1873 Жыл бұрын

During War, my kid and I talked about how flavoring an army in each color might be fun and even started a list of synonyms (the only one I remember was Marshall for the white Soldier Army idea). But I like Amass (Type) way better.

@alvarosimoes1076 Жыл бұрын

In arena, old amass became "amass zombies". So, there's hope.

@iandegiovani4703 Жыл бұрын

The only thing I dislike about it is an army not having trample.

@gab1iy Жыл бұрын

@@alvarosimoes1076 its already the case theres amass zombies, orcs and slivers now it has been oracle updated

@benink8658 Жыл бұрын

Prof you're young at heart! Being old isn't a mechanic....yet

@ruairip7722 Жыл бұрын

Experience Counters

@Sassaparilla Жыл бұрын

@@ruairip7722 better yet. Age Counters.

@xolotltolox7626 Жыл бұрын

Age counters literally exist

@lirazel6414 Жыл бұрын

I saw original Sleeping Beauty in a theater, when it was first released and lines were around the block. All of y'all get off my lawn.

@kitsovereign4127 Жыл бұрын

Okay but what about Granny's Payback from Unhinged

@espio87 Жыл бұрын

Flanking is my favorite overlooked keyword. Sidewinder Sliver reminds my opponents that it is a STACKABLE ability only when it is too late.

@LunarWingCloud 11 ай бұрын

I like the Retrace mechanic. Being able to turn what could be mana flooding jnto something to do with your mana is just wonderful

@androkguz Жыл бұрын

Totally remember Emerge and totally loved it. It doesn't seem like a twist in ninjutsu. It seems like a twist on Offering

@skaespearesboys5999 Жыл бұрын

Emerge is actually analogous to the creature-type Offering mechanic from Kamigawa block

@Arisorio Жыл бұрын

I loved provoke, it is such an interesting way to use creatures as removal!

@Vesdus Жыл бұрын

Provoke is the best!

@kevinwestermann1001 Жыл бұрын

I recently designed a Naya commander for our "build your own commander" night. It had provoke and "You can't cast noncreature spells". (:

@lucasbuchanan5244 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I love mechanics-talk! As someone who took a Magic hiatus thru the 00s and 10s, I never got to experience all these new-fangled mechanics in draft, and I love hearing what works and what doesn't!

@Baex21 Жыл бұрын

Now I want Serge&Nelson explaining the Surge Mechanic. (and a Shuffle Up & Play Canlander Episode wouldn´t be too bad either)

@pytawidmo Жыл бұрын

I'm almost sure they did it as a part of the pre-prerelease judge rules videos before. Definitely +1 on the Canlander SuaP!

@justapersonontheinternet Жыл бұрын

yess please

@jeromezp Жыл бұрын

The "offering" mechanic works the same as the emerge mechanic but requires a specific permanent and works at flash speed, which imo makes it really neat and very thematic

@janmelantu7490 Жыл бұрын

Offering also can reduce the Colored mana requirements.

@christopherb501 11 ай бұрын

No it doesn't. You could just tack "offering" onto something and then it would have flash with ANY permanent ditched. It just wouldn't be a good idea.

@moominfin Жыл бұрын

I really like Backup and hope we'll get more in the next set. Simple, versatile, fun to play

@phatnana2379 11 ай бұрын

Seriously! I'm too lazy to look up the Red/White Soldier that allowed you to Backup twice each time (as long as it was still on the field). With Voldaren Thrillseeker and some Flicker Spells, you could spam Counters pretty fast

@paulomandujano1912 11 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed bloodrush and battalion from Dragon Maze. Bloodrush in particular is a great way to meddle during combat; especially with goad becoming more prevalent.

@iho356 11 ай бұрын

I love bloodrush because it lets me add an aggro angle to my discard archetype in cube

@GoldStorm07 Жыл бұрын

Surge is easily my favorite mechanic that has yet to be brought back, it could be a great deciduous keyword like Surveil ended up working as.

@Triceratopping Жыл бұрын

blows my mind that surge wasn't used in Battlebond

@AncientJerks Жыл бұрын

When I first got into Magic my uncle gave me some of his old cards to build my first deck with and I immediately loved the few cards he had with Provoke. It made my unga bunga playstyle feel like it could actually deal with opponents who were trying to keep their creatures safe from me

@CrowsofAcheron Жыл бұрын

Provoke had a lot of issues. You couldn't use it on a creature with a tap ability, because they could just tap their creature and then they wouldn't have to block. Also, they could just multi-block your creatures anyway. Still I think there should be more ways for creatures to interact with each other.

@jaredwonnacott9732 11 ай бұрын

I was hoping Provoke would make the list, too. One of my favorites.

@rajamicitrenti1374 Жыл бұрын

Could just be because I started in Alara block, and maybe it's a bit too well-known, since a couple of cards with it see play in 60-card formats, but I have fond memories of Exalted. If you build around it, you get to create alternate modes of attack for your team.

@Bearhuggerus Жыл бұрын

One of the mechanics I like, that happens to be introduced recently is Prototype. I love how it changes the draft environment making the late game feel like battlecruiser duel. Another one is Reconfigure. Switching to building the board tall, as opposed to wide to play around the removal at the cost of blockers or attackers is so interesting. But my personal favorite is Cleave, it's such a clean, simple mechanic that allows for so much interesting design space.

@MaKs2K5 Жыл бұрын

One mechanic I found out recently is Retrace. They are generally overpriced cards, but whenever you're left with no cards in hand and you draw a land. You have additional choices from the graveyard !

@PopeGoliath Жыл бұрын

The problem with retrace is that it leads to repetitive gameplay. It can be fun to Worm Harvest every turn for one or two games, but then it starts to lose its appeal.

@professeurgideere5856 Жыл бұрын

@@PopeGoliath For some effects, it's also way too good, like the discard one.

@RealClassixX Жыл бұрын

Throes of Chaos is the greatest Magic card of all time. This is not up for debate.

@IlGreven Жыл бұрын

Generally overcosted...and then there's Raven's Crime...

@IlGreven Жыл бұрын

@@professeurgideere5856 One-mana discard in general should not exist (No Duress, no Thoughtsieze, no Inquisition). Doing it over and over again is just...ugh...

@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see Provoke (When this creature attacks, you may choose an opponents target creature to block your creature) come back. I think this ability would have been cool to see on Dinosaurs in Ixalan and Monsters in Ikoria ;p

@Vesdus Жыл бұрын

Provoke is my absolute favourite mechanic and I feel like it hasn't been explored nearly as much as it should be. It also untaps the creature as well as forcing it to block so that it HAS to block.

@crazygermn Жыл бұрын

@@Vesdusprovoke is really strong on creatures with decent stats. Enough density of it just lets you control combat.

@madisonking8057 11 ай бұрын

@@crazygermnyeah pretty much repeatable fight target creature, I think it could work if they added a cost to activate or if it had specific activation requirements like you must be attacking with 2 other dinosuars etc.

@roxannekrogh4228 11 ай бұрын

Sadly, because it's *so* similar to Fight they've said it's extremely unlikely to ever come back when they could just design a fight card instead.

@ShaqPlaque 11 ай бұрын

Provoke works great in multiplayer formats, but it can be extremely frustrating in 1-on-1. For this reason, I wouldn't expect Provoke to show up in a typical standard legal set. I do think they'll use it again though.

@ettasoeur84 Жыл бұрын

Two mechanics I really enjoyed despite them not showing up much are Fabricate and Riot, both of those having some common +1/+1 theme. The choice between "go tall" or "go wide" for the former, and "go big" or "go fast" for the latter is simple but effective in providing flexibility and very satisfying when used correctly

@frankcaggiano8282 Жыл бұрын

I love Emerge! I use Decimator of the Provinces and Distended Mindbender in my eldrazi deck, and they're awesome. Definitely didn't expect to see it on a list of bests, but it's totally one of the most underrated abilities. You can cast huge creatures for free if you just sacrifice some big dumb you cheated out, or cast stuff several turns early because of the reduction. Definitely a great one Prof!

@MTGBlockConstructed Жыл бұрын

I really liked the mechanics from Streets of New Capenna, especially Alliance and Shield Counters. The cool thing about Alliance was, that all my creatures triggered something whenever my creature entered the battlefield like create treasure tokens, distribute counters, scry etc. Also I like the Devotion mechanic from Theros because it fits so perfectly to those mighty gods. Also one of my favourites from a long long long time ago is Outlast from the Set Tarkir. I loved to play with my Abzan Counter Deck. It allows you to pay mana and tap the creature and you put one counter on this creature. And if there is a counter it will get either flying, first strike, lifelink, deathtouch from the other creatures, as long it has a counter on it :D

@skylarken1184 Жыл бұрын

Personally, one of my favourite ones is Tribute. It provides some fun player interaction and puts the choice into your opponents hands as to what buff they want to give you. It may not be the best mechanic since it allows your opponent to essentially decide what would be better for them but I just enjoy saying "Will you pay me my Tribute?"

@mattm7798 Жыл бұрын

yeah, the problem is it's a punisher mechanic and WotC has generally been terrible at making those good. That and the fact that almost none of the tribute cards were good at all.

@ronmcguire9045 Жыл бұрын

Big ups for the honorable mention of quests and the design breakdown. I hadn’t realized that each of the rarities are each functionally similar in how they trigger and I’ve been using almost all of these since they got printed.

@brennanclement8582 Жыл бұрын

The teaching part of raid is a great callout. Wouldn't have considered it to be one of my favorites, but that definitely earns my respect!

@ayamamotohaha5235 Жыл бұрын

Banding is probably gonna be on this list

@evilmonkey2184 Жыл бұрын

That's my favorite, it's so comprehensive and easy to play

@JohnDoe-kh3rc Жыл бұрын

I never understood why people thought banding would be complicated. Combine any number of creatures with banding plus one without, add their power and toughness values together and treat them as one creature consisting of various "limbs". For this creature, you control the damage assignment instead of your opponent. If a "limb" reaches 0 toughness, it gets destroyed.

@Alastores Жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-kh3rc Banding's not complicated intuitively. It's very complicated mechanically. (IE - we all 'got' it really easily on the playground without needing a paragraph of rules, but the rules themselves need so many words that people think it's complicated).

@FearOgre Жыл бұрын

It should be on this list.

@jaywinner328 Жыл бұрын

I love banding but it is a little complicated.

@Zarren_Redacted 11 ай бұрын

I really liked how Allies worked in the Zendikar block, and then the keyword of Rally in the revisit. Having a tribal deck that has nearly creature interact with one another is always nice, and while there may be some flavor limitations to what other creature types that could use rally, its still generic enough to put on almost anything

@NovusIgnis 11 ай бұрын

Cascade is still my favorite keyword. I'd love it if we had a whole set of cascading shenanigans. Mutate is also really fun too, although I'll bet it's hard to keep track of.

@tuubi2783 11 ай бұрын

Cascade is fun but a little broken, it should be used in high cmc cards only. Mutate on the other hand is way too complex and unintuitive and imo it belongs closer to the worst mechanics ever.

@DoABarrelRol1l 11 ай бұрын

Cascade AND Mutate? Those are probably 2 of the most confusing and aggravatingly chaotic mechanics for many magic the gathering players but if that's how your roll you do you haha.

@EinDose 8 ай бұрын

One of the Doctor Who Commander decks, Paradox Power (the Thirteenth Doctor) has a bunch of Cascade tricks, mainly as a combo pairing with its new keyword, Paradox (the card's effect happens when a card is cast outside the hand). It's really fun to play out, although the pure notion of 'Cascade into Cascade' kinda gives me a headache.

@Andtherewasguitar Жыл бұрын

Actually had a sultai emerge deck during Eldritch Moon standard. Elder Deep-Fiend is brutal both offensively and defensively. So much fun, and I like how flexible it is in including the sacrificed creature's cmc as cost reduction.

@gonbat8539 Жыл бұрын

Emerge sounds a lot like a version of the Snake offering of Kamigawa cards like Patron of Orochi and similar for other offerings of other colors

@abdullasarwani4358 Жыл бұрын

As a newer magic player (started 2019) it’s cool to see how magic played with some of these older mechanics

@hoodiegal Жыл бұрын

I had no memory of Surge, but it looks cool! Raid is def a favorite of mine, I had lots of fun with a Mardu Raid deck back in Tarkir days. Emerge is another mechanic I wouldn't mind seeing again, it's a lot of fun playing a creature with low stats and a strong ETB/LTB ability, and then sacrificing it for a big beatstick.

@dakotaerso8758 Жыл бұрын

Emerge is very much a Mechanic that I would love to see again. It was always an interesting way to basically upgrade little creatures into something useful late game.

@Blu_Moon_Owl Жыл бұрын

I love to play Foretell, basically have a dash of YuGiOh in Magic and play cards for cheap and get extra value.

@kingry3 Жыл бұрын

I thought all the mechanics we needed to know were these 3 things: 1. Horsemanship 2. Kicker 3. That reading the card explains the card.

@FearOgre Жыл бұрын

1. Horsemanship is Flying 2. Kicker is Buyback

@joshuahadams 11 ай бұрын

@@FearOgrehow is Kicker Buyback? Kicker is an extra cost to buff something as you cast it and Buyback is an extra cost to return the spell to your hand once it’s resolved.

@FearOgre 11 ай бұрын

@@joshuahadams Kicker is an optional cost when casting a spell to achieve an additional effect. Buyback is an optional cost when casting a spell to achieve an additional effect, which happens to be returning the card to your hand once resolved.

@rmichael5696 Жыл бұрын

One of my first decks that wasn't just a pile of cards was Kithkin in Lorwyn. I remember when Figure of Destiny was printed and loved the way it became stronger as you dumped mana into it making it feel relevant no matter when you drew it because it could get stronger. Because of how much I loved Figure Level UP became one of my all time favorite mechanics.

@HollowLily Жыл бұрын

I mainly played magic consistently from about Khans to Eldritch Moon and this was a fun time remembering all the best mechanics from that era.

@cheapmagic5898 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy mechanics where you enchant a creature with a creature. Bestow, mutate, and reconfigure come to mind.

@pytawidmo Жыл бұрын

The prototype of those mechanics (especially Reconfigure) were Licid creatures, back in the ol'times.

@TheSpiritombsableye Жыл бұрын

Imagine Reconfigure being on enchantments.😏

@alialotbi4217 11 ай бұрын

The only mechanic I recognized was Buyback, but I never knew what it did since I never put Khalni Heart Expedition into any of my decks. Thanks for spotlighting all of these! :-)

@DevStarkiller Жыл бұрын

Amplify from Legions was one of my favorites. It would have to be in a tribal heavy set, but I'd love to see it again.

@HybridAngelZero Жыл бұрын

I've always been a fan of Kickers. I like modular spells, and I especially like when they do a kicker with a different mana color or a non-mana costs.

@AlluMan96 Жыл бұрын

Not sure if this is necessarily forgotten or overlooked, but I have always enjoyed the Foretell mechanic. I would also say Suspend, but I think Foretell ended up being better for being less abusable, but for my money Suspend is just as exciting for the same reasons. I just enjoy the added tension of knowing something is happening, but having time to prepare for it on every side. The slow, ticking time bomb cards with suspend in particular can have creates the kind of excitement that I enjoy in TCGs. Foretell creates a different kind of excitement, because you don't know what's under there, which can lead to a nervous tension building up as you wonder whether it's just a bluff or a serious threat. They're enjoyable mechanics to me, because they are mechanics that I love no matter if I'm playing with or against the mechanic.

@jmeind 11 ай бұрын

its coming back in doctor who precon i believe, it has this whole time travel and time counter shenanigans

@AlluMan96 11 ай бұрын

@@jmeind That's cool. I haven't really looked into much of the Doctor Who stuff, because I simply don't have the same attachment to it the way I did LoTR or Warhammer, but if it means getting more Foretell and/or suspend, I'm at least excited for them mechanically speaking. After having taken a look, it seems to be filled with alot of things I like or interest me. Not only did it have Foretell and Suspend, but also some Cascade shenanigans (Another favorite mechanic of mine) and also support for Planechase, a format I've never played, but would be a good time to take a look at. I expected to skip this the whole Dr. Who thing, but it looks too fun to actually pass on. Based on preorders, they look to thankfully be priced more around the Warhammer range and not Commander Masters range.

@jmeind 11 ай бұрын

@@AlluMan96 oh boy I hope they will stay away from commander masters price point for a long time. It sure seems interesting, enough to get me who doesn't even know that much about Dr. Who to be interested in playing the decks. The artwork is lovely too.

@wargin7049 Жыл бұрын

Ahh raid, emerge, and surge. I got into magic during oath so all of these mechanics are always in my mind. Emerge was so cool, I remember doing a double headed giant event of eldritch moon and I had decimator and other cool emerge cards. So much fun, especially as a newer player

@brandongriest44 Жыл бұрын

I actually use buyback in a couple of my decks! I love that mechanic. Flanking, and split second are also super amazing. in commander I feel like split second really shines as a "end this complex combo" and flanking is only useful against defenders but wipes out small fodder blockers which is incredibly useful too

@chitwn9891 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see Bestow come back. Relatively straightforward, and it comes with the considerable (and common) risk of getting 2-for-1'd by a removal spell.

@mutantcube1737 Жыл бұрын

Actually, when a bestowed creature dies, it doesn't get rid of the enchantment creatures, it just turns them into normal creatures, so no 2 for 1 removal spell

@chitwn9891 Жыл бұрын

@mutantcube1737 Wow. I've even forgot how it works. Clearly it's been away too long.

@ThisAreOr Жыл бұрын

Much like Emerge I'd really like to see Offering return in a real way, Blast-Furnace Hellkite was a breadth of fresh air for my old foggy bones.

@TimmytheSorcerer Жыл бұрын

Great vid, so many cool keywords have come and gone with the speed of light 👏

@DauntedDais Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to see emerge getting some recognition finally, I've been playing an emerge deck in modern for a while and the joy of casting uncounterable {cavern of souls} big eldrazi turn 2 or 3 or looping elder deep-fiends to repeatedly time walk my opponent is just SO fun lol

@jasonferguson9052 Жыл бұрын

I think the untap ability printed on creatures was great and under appreciated

@Goldy01 Жыл бұрын

I loved it too, but I think it would be too gamebreaking if they reintroduced it, or super bad when the effects cost too much mana additionally.

@seisner6655 Жыл бұрын

Decayed has somehow become one of my favorite keywords in the entire game. I love downside mechanics, and the way decayed was utilized led to such fun gameplay and card design. I would very much love to see it again someday.

@jebsoj Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the call-out to Pop Up Video. Those were my high school days.

@Rogue_Biologist Жыл бұрын

I was both glad and surprised to see Surge and Emerge on this list as both mechanics I loved. I actually built a Sultai emerge deck in standard at the time :D

@Blackdare Жыл бұрын

Youve made me feel old talking about emerge, Eldrich Moon was one of the first sets where i actually was into magic and not just collecting, when you showed elder deep-fiend I was struck with memories of my friends casting it and blowing me out at my college lunch table

@RyuoHama Жыл бұрын

Prof should make a video dedicated to mechanics that need a facelift. Soulshift is such an interesting mechanic, if only it wasn't on a six mana 2/2 fear.

@seanmaxwell881 11 ай бұрын

Rukarumel as your commander, plus soulshift. Enjoy

@lilllithjaxxle 11 ай бұрын

It’s a recent one but I really like Partner With, its really fun being able to give yourself or your partner a search/shuffle and it’s flavor from Battlebond and the Ikoria decks feel really nice

@JacintoVG 9 ай бұрын

Rebound is one of my favorites, my pet edh deck is a UW taigam build, also kind of gives raid to all my spells! I started really getting into magic around BFZ and oath was probably my first prerelease, I played a surge deck and It’s always had a special place in my heart. Emerge was one of those mechanics I always wanted to make interesting builds around, I wish there were more and the Alien idea is so cool!

@edrickrisson147 Жыл бұрын

Madness is making me mad that it doesn't have sufficient support

@tarmadillotamer3430 Жыл бұрын

Haven’t watched the list yet, but wanted to say that I greatly enjoy the mutate mechanic and I hope to see more of it at some point

@eligould3996 Жыл бұрын

My first encounter w magic lasted from lorwyn through scars. Og zendikar was such a good time and this video explained exactly why 💌

@DrunkenSpartanProd Жыл бұрын

Great video, emerge is a strong choice. My favorite old mechanic I wanna see again is Bloodrush. Loved the modality of a creature who can be a pump spell or a threat. Ghor Clan Rampager remains a favorite card of mine.

@WIGTWA Жыл бұрын

Retrace is one I would say I'd like to see more of. Particularly in Commander, turning what would otherwise be a dead land draw late game into a repeatable effect always feels good.

@GoDzJtFr Жыл бұрын

Happy to see our boomer grandpa acknowledge these great newer mechanics ❤

@CoNteMpTone 11 ай бұрын

Im following you since like forever and i must say, your content creation skills and especially moderation are getting super clean. Love it.

@RatedRKO269 Жыл бұрын

I definitely remember and quite loved Emerge. That was one of my favorite blocks and I had a lot of fun in limited. As for newer mechanics, ward is my favorite.

@YawgmothWasRight Жыл бұрын

Best mechanics: 1. Kicker 2. Horsemanship

@FearOgre Жыл бұрын

1. Kicker is Buyback. 2. Horsemanship is Flying. Therefore both are inferior mechanics.

@YawgmothWasRight Жыл бұрын

You mean Buyback is just Kicker and Flying is just Horsemanship.

@FearOgre Жыл бұрын

@@YawgmothWasRight Incorrect, since both Kicker and Horsemenship came after Buyback and Flying.

@YawgmothWasRight Жыл бұрын

@@FearOgre m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jd94g9ym0qvRg5s.html

@joshuawoodring1697 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see you did the video! As well as devour that I mentioned before I'm also a fan of exalted. Not enough love for those two.

@empirate100 Жыл бұрын

Haven't been around the MtG block for quite as long, so my favorite mechanic that has only been in use for one set has been Strixhaven's Learn/Lessons. It was amazingly awesome in draft (my first set I played draft in...), and it also made for some excellent standard deckbuilding. Part of what made it awesome was that WotC absolutely nailed it where power and balance are concerned, making Lessons inefficient, but still worth it as cards no. 61-67 to be fetched for specific purposes.

@barrytdrake Жыл бұрын

You are young, Professor! I was in college when Alien came out. Thanks for the heads up on Sprout Swarm! It will let my Jinnie Fay deck go infinite with hasty cats!

@eucoliptus 11 ай бұрын

Emerge reminds me of an older obscure Kamigawa mechanic that I love: offerings. Only the Patron spirits cycle from Kamigawa had that mechanic until they printed "Artifact offering" in Brother's War on Blast-Furnace Hellkite

@jshaffer3370 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite mechanics out there is Crew. Such a unique and thematic mechanic. I remember limited being absolutely insane during Kaladesh and AEther Revolt.

@jonathankkennedy 9 ай бұрын

Haha. I made a red/white dwarf pilot deck stacked with consulate dreadnoughts. 7/11 vehicle with crew 6 for 1. Absolutely hysterical. Only a small handful of cards in that deck cost more than 3 mana.

@jshaffer3370 9 ай бұрын

@@jonathankkennedy I made a Depala deck in commander. Fun to play but the deck is absolute ass. Lol

@user-tx6gr6qe3j Жыл бұрын

Professor I’m thrilled that you brought up emerge as a mechanic again! In the future I always pictured it being used to sacrifice cultists or summon demonic beings. Great vid as always.

@maikhaase5671 Жыл бұрын

Nice work Proff! Would put "Blitz" on the table. A beautiful mechanic ❤

@Coliteral Жыл бұрын

I really liked exert and the way it interacted in the format it was in (for limited) and then combo it with vigilance and it’s just free bonuses.

@wastelandcloud4355 Жыл бұрын

U/G emerge was one of my favourite decks to play in standard. I had a super budget variant, really fun to beat $500+ mythic packed decks with and 60 card pile. emerging elder deep-fiends on each upkeep, using sanctum of ugin to search for more, building up a group of mana dorks then dropping a decimator. good times

@nivE3066 11 ай бұрын

This is only due to my pod being very counter heavy but I'm a huge fan of "split second". Knowing i have a card i can cast that avoids the vast majority of counters or most other instant speed tricks really makes it worth in my deck every time. Want to kill a creature without them using ephemerate? Sudden death/Sudden spoiling. Want to have one of the best combat tricks in black ? Use Sudden spoiling to get rid of their base power and any abilities like indestructible.

@ladystardust6861 11 ай бұрын

Exert!!! Really interesting mechanic that could definitely see expansion towards noncreature permanents. Also processors, such an alien ludonarratively

@frosterionx-zeroraikenuchi7794 Жыл бұрын

I can never forget emerge. Eldritch Moon was my first, and is still my favorite, set. I'd love to do a commander deck for the block.

@toughnerd 11 ай бұрын

I really loved suspend. Paying a really cheap amount now to get something better later was great, and it was fun playing against since you could see it coming and you had time to prepare for it.

@chrisvainio Жыл бұрын

I run deep fiend in serpents and a couple surge cards in other commander decks. Also glad someone else sees the xenomorph in the skinrender.

@CodyEIIXXII Жыл бұрын

Prof, of Tolarian Boomer College. I really enjoyed the Mentor mechanic from Guilds of Ravnica, it was a neat way to pump up smaller creatures during attacks. It was flavorful as well, as the creature with Mentor was mentoring the smaller creaure. Which was vary fitting as I was just getting into Magic at that time, learning what I could through Arena and KZfaqrs such as yourself.

@jaydenzanner9173 8 ай бұрын

Mentor also has great synergy with Battalion. I love using them together

@MagicManCM 11 ай бұрын

I really like the Splice with Arcane mechanic. Haven't found any use for it yet but it seems like a really fun playstyle. Also Ward rules, especially with some of the crazy ones from Lord of the Rings

@schadenfreude4846 Жыл бұрын

Was waiting for a rebound mention! I also really miss the lorwyn tribal type cards

@EnjinSosei Жыл бұрын

I recently built an Elminster deck and one of my pet cards for it is the Buyback card Mystic Speculation. It's a very fun card for that commander, since it will basically pay for its own buyback cost on every cast beyond the first each turn, allowing you to recast it as many times as you have Blue mana if Elminster is on the board at that point.

@keshersygo 11 ай бұрын

I have fond fond memories of this shadows over innistrad standard deck that would use seasons past with dark petition in order to crush of tentacles you every turn with surge once they had the mana. truly a control-players control deck

@Cascade_Failure Жыл бұрын

I got in Magic at the end of Return to Ravnica/start of Khans of Tarkir, and played limited and standard pretty heavily until after Aether Revolt. No wonder that time period sticks out in my mind as the best time I had playing Magic for the cards when this video just confirms that. 'Emerge' WAS an awesome mechanic.

@ben070289 11 ай бұрын

My three favorites are detain (because my first deck was Azorius during Return to Ravnica), Battalion (because the first deck I built on my own was then known as American tokens), and lastly is Exalted (because my first bulk purchase was the Deckbuilder's Toolkit that had Exalted in it).

@didierdiez1175 Жыл бұрын

My all time fav mechanic its exalted, yeah i know its kind of a simplistic Banding. but Rafiq it´s great, it sort of made a come back with the samurai in Neon dinasty

@frostyknight2380 Жыл бұрын

When I started all over after having a break because of tarkir, Kaladesh and the energy mechanic really hooked me. Having an alternative Resource with such amazing payoffs and interesting Finishers (such as electrostatic pummeler), a vast variety of uses (i.e. multiform wonder) and huge combo potential was peak creativity.